June 2015
European lab in the sky: OP-SAT and new potential for ESA spacecraft
... up to take advantage of this chance to fly their ideas into orbit. David Evans, a mission concept engineer at the European Space Agency, manages ESA’s OPSSAT project. Dave is originally from the UK and was previously the satellite control centre...
June 2015
Great expectations: launch markets, SpaceX, China, and other new players
... is reacting The arrival of new players on the scene has not gone unanswered. After much searching, the European Space Agency has settled on a look for its prospective launch vehicle, Ariane-6, which is meant to cater to the needs of both...
November 2019
PROSPECTing for lunar polar volatiles
... Lunar Lander Team in the Development Projects Group of the Human Spaceflight and Robotic Exploration Directorate, European Space Agency. He is leading the development of the PROSPECT instrumentation and sensors, including the preparation of PROSPECT...
April 2020
Reviving Russia’s space programme
... to Baikonur for launch in 2021. One successful strategy was to try to spread costs by involving European countries and the European Space Agency (ESA). Russia launched Europe’s INTEGRAL observatory in exchange for observing time; began the ExoMars...
January 2023
Portugal’s sustainable space strategy
... less 22 years ago, in December 1999, when we became a member of the European Space Agency (ESA). At that time, various government ministries were responsible for our space activities but not necessarily in a strategic way, so in 2018 the government...
09 January 2019
New self-driving rovers being tested for Mars
... the help of engineers from companies spread throughout Europe such as Germany, France, Spain, Italy as well as the European Space Agency (ESA), over a month long period in December last year. The tests are part of the...
